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Falcons Card Road Win, Enter first place tie

But it was a struggle. Coach said after the game that we aren't going to get any easy road wins, and this one wasn't easy. CMU led until mid-way through the second half, at one point in the first half had a double digit lead, and simply didn't roll over. Everytime we would claw back and tie it up, they would nail some shots and go back up by a couple of points. Coming right down the stretch it was tight, but we made the shots and they didn't.

In many ways, it was like the Toledo game. We played and shot horribly in the first half (31.6%) and 25 points, but were only down 5--CMU is a poor team that has problems scoring. Then, in the second half, we shot 59.3% for the game, and 4-5 from beyond the arc, and we pulled the win out.

With the WMU spanking in Oxford, we're back in a tie for first in the West.

Some notes:

Moon only played 5 minutes, but he made a huge steal and stop. We're seeing Coach Dakich platoon him down the stretch with Floyd playing the offensive half.

John Reimold had 19 points and 8 boards, Josh had 16, Wright with 15 and Floyd with 12. Big second half for John. Mawel Soler started, grabbed six boards and three pancake blocks.

We committed only 16 fouls, perhaps a season low. CMU, who foul a lot, made 24. We also brought TOs down to 16. And we shot 32 Fts (making 27) while they shot 15 (and made 11). That's a 16 point difference right there.

We shot 47.8% for the game, and won. CMU, however, is a poor defensive club, and we could have expected to shoot better. But a road win is a road win.

By the way, that's a 52 point second half, as opposed to 53 vs. Toledo. Early in the season we started fast and held on, now we're starting slow and roaring back. Maybe we can put the whole thing together.

Germain Fitch didn't play due to injury during the fracas following the Rocket win. People expect him to play on Saturday in Athens.